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Over 60 skates gathered at Walter Sisulu Square in Soweto on Youth Day, 16th June, for the Skateboarding for Hope Tour powered by 5FM. The event brought together some of the best skaters from Joburg and the surrounding areas, all competing for the chance to to win a wild card entry to the Am contest at the Kimberly Diamond Cup ...

Leeroy and Bibby are the future of BMX in South Africa. Both have recently moved to the from the 16 inch bikes to the bigger bikes and are already throwing down. Ryan Jarret had the opportunity to film and edit this awesome clip of the guys sessioning their local skate parks. Watch these kids shred – Style for days. Leroy ...

Donkey Bay in Namibia is renowned in the surfing world for it’s big and endless barrel and when it’s on, nothing compares. Recently it was on another level which saw a host of surfers venture to the desert to get their piece of the action. Some of those surfers were Billabong’s Ryan Payne, Matt Bromley, Dale Staples and Shaun Payne. ...

Part 2 of the Greg Illingworth Berlin BMX mission has just dropped and it’s filled with BMX steeze. Greg was joined by Matt priest and Lima Eltham who found some if the sickest street, park and dirt spots in Berlin to session – all captured in this cool edit. Part 1 here. Photo Markus Braumann

The Skateboarding for Hope Tour’s biggest event ever is set to go down on Youth Day, Monday 16th June, at the Walter Sisulu Square in Soweto. The road show has teamed up with 5FM to host this massive community outreach activation. Don’t miss the action. The action starts at 11am and will include skateboard giveaways, motivational workshop for underprivileged kids ...